Cooley Genealogy
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Tracing the lineage of John Collye to Paul Charles Cooley
John Collye
William Cooley
1. Benjamin Cooley
Born 1617
Died August 17, 1684 in Springfield Massachusetts
Married Sarah who died August 23, 1684 in Springfield
They had eight children, our lineage
traces through their second child.
Obadiah, born January
27, 1646
2. Obadiah Cooley
Died September 3, 1690 in Springfield
Married Rebecca Williams on November 9, 1670. Rebecca
remarried John Warner on November 26, 1691 and died October 18, 1715 in
Springfield.
Inherited land from Benjamin which is in the vicinity of
Carew and East Main Streets in the Skipmuck district of Chicopee Falls.
They had seven children, our lineage
traces through their seventh child.
Jonathon, June 28,
1686
3. Jonathon Cooley
Died August 2, 1752
Married Joanna Colton December 19, 1713. Joanna died May 21,
1765
Inherited Benjamin's lands from Obadiah.
They had nine children, our lineage
traces through their sixth child.
Jabez, July 17, 1729
4. Jabez Cooley
Died in Springfield in 1800
Married Abigail Hancock October 19, 1752
They had 14 children, our lineage traces
through their first child.
Asahel, April 5, 1753
5. Asahel Cooley
Died in September 1828 in Cooleyville Ohio (Now Coolville)
Married Esther Warriner August 11, 1778. She died February
14, 1834 at the "Brick House" that Asahel and she lived in.
Asehel served in the Revolution and was called Captain
Asahel Cooley. He and his sons cleared a large farm. He held many civic
offices.
They had seven children, our lineage
traces through their fifth child.
Caleb, October 31,
1786. Born in New Canaan, Conneticut
6. Caleb Cooley
Died August 24, 1828 in Athens, Ohio
Married Matilda Buckingham December 1, 1809. She died March
1, 1858 in Cooleyville.
Caleb with his brother Simeon built and operated the mills
at Cooleyville.
They had ten children, our lineage traces
through their third child.
Milton, April 25, 1815
7. Milton Cooley
Died June 12, 1865 in Cooleyville
Married Martha Vinal September 10, 1839. She died in 1854
Milton owned steamboats on the Ohio River.
They had six children, our lineage traces
through their oldest child
Edwin, June 5, 1840
8. Edwin Cooley
Died in February 16, 1931
Married Lucy Williams, November 15, 1866. Lucy died in 1920
They had ten children, our lineage traces
through their youngest child.
Harvey, January 23,
1886 in Minneapolis
9. Harvey Williams Cooley
Died in summer of 1949
Farmed in Weiser, then operated a garage in Blue River,
Oregon. Died in San Fransico
Married Blair Brunker, November 6, 1912. Born September 19,
1895. Blair died in 1974
They had four children, our lineage
traces through their oldest.
Edwin, October 6, 1914
in Wieser Idaho
10. Edwin Charles Cooley
Died in 1985 in Campbell River
Engineer, then assistant manager at Elk Falls pulp and paper
mill in Campbell River.
Married Arlene Hills, October 2, 1938. Born October 31, 1918
in Reserve Oregon
They had two children, my lineage traces
through their youngest.
Stephen, September 19,
1944 in Vancouver Washington
11. Stephen Charles Cooley
Married Nancy Walrod, born June 17, 1942 in
Kelowna B C
They have two children:
Paul, October 24, 1975
Cathy, December 19,
1978
12. Paul Charles Cooley
Born October 24, 1975
Married Laura Tellevik, September 11, 2004.